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O Queen  of  heaven  and  earth! The universe would perish  before  thou  couldst  refuse  aid  to one  who  invokes  thee  from  the  depth  of  his  heart. — Bl. Henry Suso.

O most  blessed  Virgin,  who  declarest  in  thy Canticle that  it  is  owing  to  thy  humility  that  God hath done  great  things  in  thee,  obtain  for  me  the grace to  imitate  thee,  that  is,  to  be  obedient;  because to  obey  is  to  practise  humility. — St. Vincent de Paul.

May the  two  names  so  sweet  and  so  powerful, of Jesus  and  Mary,  be  always  in  our  hearts  and on our  lips! — St. Alphonsus.

Whatsoever we  do,  we  can  never  be  true  children of  Mary,  unless  we  are  humble. — St. Alphonsus.

Let us  highly  esteem  devotion  to  the  Blessed Virgin, and  let  us  lose  no  opportunity  of  inspiring others  with  it. — St. Alphonsus.

As a  mother  feels  no  disgust  in  dressing  the sores of  her  child,  so  Mary,  the  heavenly  infirmarian,  never  refuses  to  care  for  sinners  who  have recourse to  her. — St. Alphonsus.